My Medieval Journal - Compare

Today I live in the year of 2009, and it is quite different. Me and my sister are now old enough to take care of our selves and mother died 12 years ago of old age. I still live in Flanders but I have nicer home, that is a log cabin with a kitchen, bathroom, one bedroom, a living room, and a fire place. I am still Christan and my beliefs are still the same. My government is very different now! We have presidents! The current one is Barrack Oboma. Our government is different know, we have different rules, like if someone is suspected guilty then they take them to court and have to prove there guilty with evidence that they did the crime. Events are different now as well. Instead of local markets being robbed stores get robbed. They are big buildings with supplies that i never knew existed! People still do get robbed and murdered, but they get put in a metal cell called jail. Well I have to go, it's time to make dinner. Goodbye!
-Charlotte Cook

My medieval Journal - Medieval Events

Hello there! You will not believe what I witnesses Yesterday! I'll tell you about it. Yesterday I was in the village with my friend Susan who is also an apprentice with Mistress Madeline, we were their shopping for foods as usual, as was Bob the butcher, Ben the bone setter, Pam the potter, Danielle the doctor, and the local marketers, when we heard a horrid scream. Nina, who sells chickens in the market was being robbed! Their were two men, both were dark haired and had handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses. The taller one was a holding a dagger to Nina's chest. I was terrified! They demanded that the local marketers give them half of their food, without any argument and no one to move, or poor Nina would die. The local marketers stood frozen, and the shorter man started yelling very un appropriate language at the marketers. They started gathering up their food and walking towards the men, who were holding open a sack. I was so mad! These fools were going to get away with what they had done. As soon as they had the food they quickly got on their horses and galloped away. I quickly ran over to Nina and gave her a long tight hug. Everyone was gathering around asking Nina if she was alright. She stood up shaking and said she was fine. We all spent hours comforting Nina and making sure she was alright, she gave us each a chicken for less then half the normal price. I went home and told my mother and siblings what had happened and she freaked out, but i assured her i was fine and that everything was OK. Well I had a big day goodbye.

- Charlotte Cook

My Medieval Journal - My Culture

Hello, Charlotte again! I would like to talk about my culture today so here goes! In my community I interact with mostly just mother, Sally, Samuel, Mistress Madeline, and the sellers in the market. In the market I mostly interact with Frank Farmson, since mother mostly likes me to buy fruits and vegetables for a lot of our meals. The variety of foods mother, Sally, Samuel, and I eat are not large. We usually eat bread, porridge, oat cakes, and we rarely eat fresh fruits, vegetables, and very rarely do we get to eat meat or fish. The geography of Flanders is not very interesting. Flanders is a large lowland. Lowland means that it is very flat, and has hardly any mountains or hills. It is also very dry and does not rain a lot. That is all about my culture, good day!

- Charlotte Cook

My Medieval Journal - My Government

Hello! It is me Charlotte again! Today I am going to talk about Flanders's government! My government is a monarchy feudalism. We have many laws in Flanders and some of them i agree with and some i do not agree with. One law that i do agree with is trial by battle. I agree with this because my family's religion is Christian and I too believe that God will protect an innocent person. A law that I do not agree with is trial by ordeal. I do not agree with trial by ordeal because I think that if the person is innocent then they went through all that pain and suffering for nothing! Conflicts in our country are that other people with different religions have a hard time excepting other people with a different religion, which I think is not fair and that everyone should except everyone no matter what religion. Well I must go cook dinner for Mother, Sally, and Samuel.

- Charlotte Cook

My Medieval Journal - Personal Information

Hello my name is Charlotte Cook, and I live in the country of Flanders. I am thirteen years of age and an apprentice of cooking for Mistress Madeline Mealsburg. I have two siblings, a brother a sister, and a mother. My father died of a deadly disease a year ago called black death. My older brother Samuel, sells chickens in the market, my sister Sally, works as an assistant for Lucy Bakes, who owns the local bakery in town, and my mother is a spinster who makes and sells items that she spins out of yarn. My mother, brother, sister and me live in a hut on the far side of the village. Our hut has two bedrooms, and in the middle of the hut is a fire place. Our hut has no chimney though, the smoke escapes through a hole in our thatched roof. The floor is made up of hard dirt and we cover it in hay for warmth when it's really cold. Samuel, Sally, and I try to help mother the best we can by cooking, cleaning, working, occasionally tending the fire, and going to get food from the market and Lucy Bakes, bakery. Usually me and Sally do most of the cooking since we work around food and cooking. For fun Sally, Samuel and I like to make up our own games, or play tag with the other children in the village when we have extra time, which isn't very often. At home I am expected to cook dinner and help mother keep the hut as clean as we can. I also sometimes run to the market or bakery to pick up food for our meals. Well I got to go, time to go work for Mistress Madeline.
- Charlotte Cook